Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 249 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) pixel (c) font (d) poster
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?
3. 3.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) in a new colour (c) a little further along (d) much bigger
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a framed painting (c) a road sign (d) a poster on a wall
5. 5.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) only sound (b) one big painting (c) a single photo (d) many still pictures
6. 6.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses paper cut-outs shot? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a cartoon film (c) a road sign (d) a printed photo
8. 8.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
9. 9.🎞️ What happens if the pictures are shown too slowly? (a) it plays backwards (b) the colours fade (c) it gets louder (d) the movement looks jumpy
10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
11. 11.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) the paper moves (c) magic ink (d) the eye blends them
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stop-motion film (b) a looping GIF (c) a framed painting (d) a flipbook
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cartoon film (b) a printed photo (c) a video game scene (d) a looping GIF
14. 14.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a poster on a wall (c) a cartoon film (d) a looping GIF
16. 16.True or false: a framed painting shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a clay model moved a bit? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
18. 18.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
19. 19.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) puppets moved bit by bit (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a rigged digital model (d) a digital 3D character
21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
23. 23.True or false: a greeting card shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a hand-drawn cartoon (b) a digital 3D character (c) flipbook pages (d) frames drawn on a tablet
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a computer-built model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
26. 26.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
27. 27.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
28. 28.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 8 seconds?
29. 29.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 2 seconds?
31. 31.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) pencil drawings on paper (b) a hand-drawn cartoon (c) toys shot step by step (d) a rigged digital model
32. 32.True or false: a framed painting shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 10 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a poster on a wall
35. 35.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a computer-built model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) toys shot step by step (d) puppets moved bit by bit
36. 36.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a virtual 3D world (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
37. 37.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 8 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
40. 40.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a zoetrope (b) a storyboard (c) a microphone (d) a flipbook

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